Automobile-buffer.



No. 885,181. PATENTBD-Al 21, 190s.

- V J. H. SAGBR.

AUTOMOBILE BUFFER.

-APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 21, 1908.

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AUTOMOBILE BUFFER.

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Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Apen ai, ieee.

,Application led February 21, 1908. Serial No. At1'?,190.

-citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the coun-ty of Monroe and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antoniobile-Builers, of which th'e following is a specication. p

, This invention. relates to automobile huit'- fers, and consists in the apparatus, hereinl 1 after described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide. an automobile buffer that is easilyapplied to.. automobiles withoutchanfefof their 0011-.

struction, and issimple and elicient.,`

In the drawings i ure l is a rear elevation of a device embo ving my invention,

showing in dotted lines theautoin'obile parts to'which it is attached; Fig. 2 is a sideelevationv of one of the levers thereof and its connected parts; and Fig, 3 is a erspective vieivof a portion of the front o theautof thereon mobile, shoiving this invention .in place In the drawings, 1, 1,`are' the side frame bars of-an automobile; 2, 2, are' the semielli tic springs, having their front ends atrtac edto the ends of said frame bars l, 1, and attached as usual to the axle 3. The saine bolt 4, whereby the frame bar l is attached frame -hars and springs, there will be two levers 5. One arm, of each lever projects forward from the s ring and frame bar, and

vhas a contractible oop 6 at its end in which ilisfastened the bifl'er rod 7.

This buii'er rod yextends across the front ol the machine in a d l horizontal plane, and preferably extends over Q10 the front, ofthe wheels of the-automobile.

"A spring actuates-the lever and has a spring supV or't'a'rranged in convenient proximity to the, ever. ,The rearward arm of the lever 5 passsl aroundra su port consisting of a `rod -orb,ar"'8.that is 'astened in anysuitable manner to a, .stationary part of the auto- 1nob'ile,. such as the Trame bar Le The bar-'8 and leveitlius are stayed and guided. In

the construction shownjthe har 8 is bent el).Tv through the under side of' the rear arm of the lever 5, and also at itsfother end against a nut l() that is fastened on the lower end of the bar 8. A stop 11 on the bar 8 prevents the rearward arm of the lever from rising, too

8 is a coiled spring 9, which bears against l far and the spring 9 normally holds thelever against the stop. lt will be noted, particularly from Fig. 2, that asliock upon Vthe buller rod 7, in the direction of thestr'aight arrow at the right of Fig. 2, will cause the Vlever to swing around its pivot in the direction of the curved arrow in said figure. This depresses the rear end of said lever, and thus puts the spring 9 under tensionas 'the'lever .moves around its pivot. In thev present example of' the invention, the buii'er rod 7 rises When it strikes an impediment.

The bolt 4 is the pivotal axis of the-lever and is in a, substantially vertical plane, which is alane at right angles to the plane on which tlie automobile moves.

1What ,l claim is ty l. In an automobile buller, a horizontal hufler rod, lover means attached to said rod and pivoted: to the trame of the automobile the pivotal axis to the attachment thereof to y said rod, a springr put under stress by move-y ment ,ot the Llever around its ivot, and a spring` supporty attached to sai automobile and in convenient proximity to said lever.,

2.111 an automobile buffer, a

rod and pivoted to Athe frame of the automobile on a horizontal axis and 4projecting at an orizontal, butler rod, a pair of levers attached. to said angle to a horizontal plane from the pivotal axis to the attachment of said lever 4to said rod, .a spring supporting har and guide forj" cach lev'er attached to the frame of the automobile, and a spring carried by each supprt- ,l

ing bar and put under stress bymovemen the lever around its pivot. 3. In an automobile buil-er, a horizontal buffer rod, a pair of levers attached tosaid A '.rod and pivoted to-tlie rafme of the autornV bile one horizontal` axisand projecting atan angle to .a horizontal ,plane froml theipivotal axis to'gthe attachment of said levertosaid 1nd, a vs ring supporting bar attached to the Atframe o the automobile, and aspring coiled around said-*bar and pressing at one end'oI-irv *said leverand at Vthe other end on said bar.

e4; .,tiiinohile'builer, a horizontal .4 said support adapted to be put under stress the line of motion of' the automobile from the buffer rod, a paird elbow levers ivoted to the front extremity of the antonio ile frame and having front arms projecting upward from the pivotal axis at anv an le to a horizontal plane and o ing said ufler rod on their front ends, a spring su port attached to the frame of said automobi e and in convenient proximity to said lever, and a spring on by movement of the lever around its pivot. y 5. In an automobile buler, a horizontal butler rod, a pair of elbow levers pivoted to the from; extremity of the automobile frame and having -front arms projecting upward from the pivotal axis at an angle to a horizontal plane 'and carrying said butler rod on their front ends, a springsupport attached to the frame of said automobile and passing through the rear arm of said lever, and a spring coiled around said support and pressing atene end on said lever and at the other end on said support.

6. In avautomobile buffer, a horizontal buiier rod, 'lever neans attached to said rod Aand pivoted to the frame of the automobile and connecting them in, a. line at an angle to v pivotal axis to the point of attachment of said lever to said rod, and a springputunderA l semer stress by movement ofthe. lever around its .pivotal axis.

7. In an automobile buffer, a horizontal attached to said automobile and in oonvenient proximity to salnd lever.

8. In an autorno `ile buffer, a horizontal buffer rod, lever means attached to said rod.

and pivotedto the frame of the automobile A and onneeting them in aline. at an angle to the. line of motion of the automobile from the pivotal axis to the. point of attaolnnent of said lever to' said rod, a s ring-supporting bar attached to the frame o the automobile, and a springfooiled around said bar and pressing at one end on said lever and at the other end on said bar.

v JAlSiES H. SAGE l. Witnesses D. GURNEF., L. THON. 

